Amiga Forever 2011.1 Released

[mcb]

Amiga Forever 2011.1.0.0 released. This update includes improvements and fixes, including optimized interaction with WinUAE 2.3.1.0, which is now also available via the check for updates functionality. Other changes include saved state portability improvements, better handling of Amiga screen resolution changes (also fixed loss of input focus), easier content rescan after RetroPlatform Library update, and new advanced options for setting DirectX mode and enabling other tests. Amiga Forever 2011.1 is a free update to all 2011 customers. Additional updates to Amiga Forever 2009.2.2.0 and 2010.1.6.0 are being released for users of the 2009 and 2010 versions.

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[mcb]

They change cosmetic stuff, add the latest WinUAE and resell it again.
I have Amiga Forever 2005 Premium Edition, and I dont see why I should buy this version. Nothing really new, content is still much the same.

Our focus too is increasingly on content, but that requires a good player software, capable of easily recognizing, managing, configuring content. Under the hood there are vast changes and improvements going on in the player. The fact that on the outside it appears to be simple doesn't mean that it doesn't take months of work each time.

The 2009.x, 2010.x and 2011.x updates released today are all free of course, as was the 2011 version for 2010 users.

Mike

[mcb]

Anyone else using AF2011 on Windows XP with Virtualbox 4 on Snow Leopard? The Amiga mouse cursor jumps around randomly when I move the mouse, but works fine if I use RAmiga+Cursor Keys.

Maybe Virtualbox could better emulate the mouse, so that the guest receives not only meaningful absolute but also meaningful relative mouse move data. The Amiga needs relative data to move the mouse. This might be the cause of the problem.

Open shared.ini (see http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/13-175) and append this line at the end:

absolute_mouse=mousehack

Does it help?

[mcb]

don't you think it's high time that the ROM image files should be free to distribute...

That's not up to us to decide. We, like others, just followed the rules to make Amiga Forever possible. I think the FAQ at amigaforever.com further covers this quite well:

http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/13-122

AROS is a free alternative, which we support too.

Mike

[mcb]

One final question if you can answer it, Workbench the name what was that all about, did / do you have plans for the Workbench Trademark

The use of "Workbench" in Amiga Forever is covered in some detail here:

http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/15-108

At some point during the various ups and downs of Amiga events it seemed more prudent to focus on using "Workbench" as an operating system name. It's not a new "plan", as Amiga Forever has for example been using "Workbench", "Workbench 1.3" and "Workbench 3.X" for years to indicate different operating systems versions, with the usual trademark legalese.

In an ideal world one would perhaps not need to worry about such things, but a project like Amiga Forever always had to deal with a diversity of real world challenges on different sides, ranging from potential risks that might become blocking factors, to expectations of all things being free. At the end it's only passion and support by other Amiga friends that makes us still move forward in spite of this, as there are a lot of headaches for a "market" that is a small niche. That's also why it feels good to see some support on forums like here. :-)

and do you have any plans to have Aros a[ ]part of Amiga forever?

Amiga Forever has supported and included third-party ROMs (e.g. Dialoga diagnostic system by Logica) and operating system "flavors" (e.g. AmiKit, AmigaSYS) for some time now, and I would expect it to allow more people to experience AROS in a similar way, if possible.

Mike